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otter

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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English oter, otir, otur, otyre, from Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *ot(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Otter, Dutch otter, German Otter, Swedish utter, Norwegian oter, Icelandic otur, Sanskrit उद्र (udrá), Russian вы́дра (výdra), and Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra, “water snake”). Doublet of Hydra and hydra. More etymology under English water.

Noun edit

otter (plural otters)

  1. An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
  2. (gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.
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Etymology 2 edit

Corruption of annotto.

Noun edit

otter (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) annatto (dye)

Etymology 3 edit

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otter (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of attar.
    • 1809, William Jones, A Grammar of the Persian Language, page 8:
      […] the precious perfume called otter of roses.

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otter c (singular definite otteren, plural indefinite ottere)

  1. eight (the card rank between seven and nine)

Inflection edit

Declension of otter
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative otter otteren ottere otterene
genitive otters otterens otteres otterenes

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Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch otter, from Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-West Germanic *ot(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).

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otter m (plural otters, diminutive ottertje n)

  1. An otter.
  2. (particularly) The European otter, Lutra lutra

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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: otro

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Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-West Germanic *ot(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).

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otter m

  1. otter, European otter

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otter

  1. Alternative form of oter
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